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Plantago sparsiflora

Plantago sparsiflora Michx.

pineland plantain

Plantago sparsiflora (Pineland Plantain)
Image ID: 21127
Image by: Cressler, Alan M.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: PLSP
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plantago sparsiflora
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: PLANT
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Plantago
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Plantain
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 270 species, herbs and rarely shrubs, of cosmopolitan distribution. Harper (1944) discusses at length the interesting issue of the native distributions of the many weedy species of Plantago. The native or introduced status of many of our species is uncertain or controversial.
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GENUS REFERENCES: Shipunov in FNA (in prep.); Rosatti (1984)=Z; Bassett (1966)=Y; Bassett (1967)=X; Schwarzbach in Kadereit (2004).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: PLANTA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Plantaginaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Plantain Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: As radically recircumscribed, a family of about 120 genera and 1800 species.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Albach, Meudt, & Oxelman (2005); Olmstead et al. (2001); Schwarzbach in Kadereit (2004); Fischer in Kadereit (2004).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
1891 1986-1672 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
2987 1891 64 NCBG staff 1984-03-11 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: PLSP
USDA Common Name: Pineland Plantain
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (FL, GA, NC, SC, VA)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:AGCPAKAWCBEMPGPHIMWNCNEWMVE
Status: FACW

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

2018 Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina

NHP IDS RANKROUNDED S RANKG RANKROUNDED G RANKSTATE STATUSFEDERAL STATUS
18085 S1S2 S1 G3 G3 T

This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plantago sparsiflora
COMMON NAME: Pineland Plantain
SYNONYMY: [= FNA, GW, K, RAB, S, WH3, X, Z]
PHENOLOGY: Apr-Oct.
HABITAT: Wet savannas over calcareous substrates (coquina limestone), now usually found in moister human-created microhabitats adjacent to these sites, such as fire-plow lines, shallow ditches along roadsides, or mowed powerline rights-of-way.
COMMENTS: Se. NC south to ne. FL, restricted to the Coastal Plain. Harper (1944), with his usual keen understanding of the ecology of southeastern plants, has provided the most succinct and accurate description of the habitat of this plant: flattish pine-barrens where there is evidently some calcareous material not far from the surface. Reports of this species for VA are in error.
RANGE MAP: Plantago sparsiflora.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Plantaginaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Plantain Family)
SUMMARY: As radically recircumscribed, a family of about 120 genera and 1800 species.
REFERENCE: Albach, Meudt, & Oxelman (2005); Olmstead et al. (2001); Schwarzbach in Kadereit (2004); Fischer in Kadereit (2004).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Plantago L. (Plantain)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 270 species, herbs and rarely shrubs, of cosmopolitan distribution. Harper (1944) discusses at length the interesting issue of the native distributions of the many weedy species of Plantago. The native or introduced status of many of our species is uncertain or controversial.
REFERENCE: Shipunov in FNA (in prep.); Rosatti (1984)=Z; Bassett (1966)=Y; Bassett (1967)=X; Schwarzbach in Kadereit (2004).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Plantago sparsiflora in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Plantago sparsiflora in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Plantago sparsiflora in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Plantago sparsiflora in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Plantago sparsiflora in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Plantago sparsiflora

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 21127 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 21127 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 21127 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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